EXPERIMENT NO.

Crystallization
Object: To prepare pure copper sulphate (CuSO4 .5H,0) from corninercial (Impure) copper
(Impure) copper
sulphate by crystallization.

Chemicals required: Impure copper sulphate, distilled water

Apparatus: Bunsen burner, tripod stand, wiregauze, beaker, china dish, glass rod and filter paper.
Procedure: Dissolve impure copper sulphate in a small
beaker possessing about 20 cm distilled
water (One test
tube full) at room
temperature and then heat it and go on
adding impure copper sulphate till no more
amount dissolves, i.e. hot copper sulphate Hot saturated
saturated solulion is formed.
Filter the hot saturated solution of Solution
remove insoluble copper suiphate to -Funnel
impurities which will remain on filter
paper and collect filtrate in china dish. Heat
china dish to get more concentrated the filtrate in
solution and then Filter paper
to cool. The
shining blue crystals of pure copper allow
Lhus fomed are carefully separated sulphate
and dried at rocm
temperature by keeping the
crystals within the folds of
silter paper. The soluble
mother liquor.
impurities wi!l remain behind in

Result: Shining blue crystals of pure -Pure copper solution

copper sulphate
(CuSO4.5H,0) are obtained. Collection of pure crystals
Precautions:
1.Hot saturated solution of copper
sulphate is prepared.
2. HOt saturated solution is filtered to
remove insoluble
3. Shining blue
crystals arc separated from mother impurities.
4. Crystals are dried by pressing between the folds liquor carefully by de-cantation.
of filterpaper,